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Friday, December 12, 2014

Would I be guilty of Dibs?

So our house comes with a drive way, apparently a rarity for SFH in the
city. When we get heavy snowfall, people have taken to parking on the street in
front of my driveway.

It was a mild winter the year we moved in so it wasn't a noticeable occurrence, but with last year's Polar Vortex and the large amount of snowfall we experienced, there were several times when someone parked in front of our driveway.

Since the city doesn't plow alleys, it is hard
to get out of my garage from the back (I have garage doors on both
sides, I know, another perk of the 1%).

So the
problem is this: if I don't shovel my driveway, people might not
realize they are blocking it when they park there. [it's happened once
and I'm gonna give the benefit of the doubt and assume it was because of
the late hour -- during the day you'd have to be wearing a special kind
of blinders to not notice the driveway you're parking in front of, snow
or not.]

If I do shovel, including the street in front of it, people
use it as a standing pad to pick up their kids and/or drop people off.
[Even in the summer a dude double parks there even though there is 1) a hydrant spot right next to it
and 2) usually other parking a mere 20 yards in either direction.]

I
can handle that, but I can foresee a situation were my wife or I are
late for work and someone has double parked there while they run
inside. Yes it would likely only be for a few minutes but do I have to
endure this because my neighbor is lazy or obstinate? if I put
something to block the driveway, am I guilty of Dibs?

Thank you for reading and I hope you will comment below. Please also do any and all of the following -- I know pushy right!